Prince Harry's own team leaked details of a meeting they had with King Charles's advisor last year, according to journalist Charlotte Griffiths. The Duke of Sussex lost his court case against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), publishers of The Daily Mail, this week.
Leaked Meeting Details
In the summer of 2025, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's PR chiefs Liam Maguire and Meredith Maines were photographed with the monarch's aide Tobyn Andreae in London. The trio met on a balcony visible from a public park at the Royal Over-Seas League near Clarence House. Photographs of the meeting were obtained by The Mail on Sunday, with the photographer pre-arranged.
Griffiths, writing for The Daily Mail, said she was told about the meeting in advance by a close advisor of Harry and Meghan. The advisor invited her to lunch at the Ivy restaurant in London, providing information to write positive stories about Harry and Meghan, including their efforts to rebuild their relationship with the King.
Blame Shifted to Palace
Griffiths said she was surprised when the Daily Telegraph was reportedly told that sources close to the Sussexes were unhappy that the photographs had been taken and published in The Mail on Sunday. It is claimed the couple's aides put the blame for the photograph at the Palace door.
Griffiths wrote: "I was duly tipped off about the meeting, which was held at the Royal Over-Seas League near Clarence House. The attendees settled themselves on a balcony plainly visible from the public park below. The Mail on Sunday arranged for a photographer to capture the cosy but very embarrassing scene."
She added: "In a development which speaks volumes for their integrity, 'sources close to the Sussexes' then briefed the Daily Telegraph that they were 'very frustrated' that the pictures of the Royal Over-Seas League gathering had ended up in The Mail on Sunday – suggesting, quite falsely, that the Palace was responsible for a grotesque betrayal of trust."
Court Case Outcome
Prince Harry lost all his claims against ANL, alongside the other claimants in the case. ANL always denied the claims of unlawful information gathering. Griffiths noted that Harry had impugned her integrity while swearing his people never leaked, despite evidence to the contrary. She said this shows how people close to Harry leak stories, even though he claims they would never do so.
